Cambodia is currently implementing a series of reforms designed to modernize and deepen its financial system in order to support growth, reduce poverty and make the country more resilient in the face of external shocks.

Papua New Guinea is targeting sweeping improvements to its national airports under a $640 million plan to strengthen safety and services, and to open up new economic opportunities for the resource-rich Pacific country.

Efforts by India, Nepal and Bangladesh to take advantage of the tourism potential of their rich natural and cultural attractions, including many of the world's major Buddhist sites, are getting support from the Asian Development Bank.

An efficient and reliable road network is hampering development in southern Bhutan, and the government is now targeting a major road link there to boost growth and livelihood opportunities in one of the country's most remote and poor regions.

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